The Maritime Executive
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One Missing in U.S. Navy Helicopter Crash in Arabian Sea
A helicopter from the carrier USS George H.W. Bush has gone down in the Arabian Sea, prompting a sustained search and rescue effor...
Hapag-Lloyd Continues to Invest in its Portfolio of Port Terminals
Hapag-Lloyd, three years after launching a port terminal company, Hanseatic Global Terminals, is continuing to expand its portfoli...
Pentagon Puts All Drone Programs Under One Office, Except Navy's MUSV
As the Pentagon moves to expand its unmanned-systems programs in all domains and across all service branches, it is setting up a n...
US, NATO, and Allies Wrap-up First Large Atlantic Exercise off Virginia
A multi-national force completed two weeks of exercises in what was billed as the first large-scale multi-national maritime exerci...
CMA CGM Grows North American Logistics Buying FedEx Supply Chain for $1.4B
CMA CGM, like other major shipping carriers, is continuing its efforts to transform its business into an integrated shipping and l...
U.S. Treasury Takes Aim at Mexico's Fuel Smuggling Cartel
The U.S. Treasury is taking aim at the fuel-smuggling side business of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), the violent...
Ferry Operator Cites EU ETS and Taxes in Plan to Sell Vessels, Stop Routes
After more than 50 years of service for cargo and passengers between France and the UK, Brittany Ferries reports it must adapt and...
Pirates Board and Damage Vessel and Then Pursue Second Ship in Gulf of Aden
A pirate action group was active in the Gulf of Aden on July 1, as the level of activity continues at an increased level in the ar...
Russian Warship Orders Greenpeace to Stay Away from Sanctioned Tanker
Greenpeace activists are reporting an incident on June 30 when one of its teams was photographing a sanctioned crude oil tanker. T...
Op-Ed: UK Defence Investment Plan Delivers More But Not Enough
Not wishing to depress those of our readers who agree that the price of peace is the cost of preparing for war, your correspondent...